to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to incur someone's enmity
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
solitude; loneliness; isolation
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
every person; each one; everybody
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
blow; hit (on the body); beating
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
leg; leg (of a race, competition, etc.)
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group